Sodium orthovanadate is the

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with the

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. It forms a dihydrate . Sodium orthovanadate is a salt of the

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. It is a colorless, water-soluble solid.

Synthesis and structure

Sodium orthovanadate is produced by dissolving

vanadium(V) oxide Vanadium(V) oxide (''vanadia'') is the inorganic compound with the formula V2 O5. Commonly known as vanadium pentoxide, it is a brown/yellow solid, although when freshly precipitated from aqueous solution, its colour is deep orange. Because o ...

in a solution of

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: : The salt features tetrahedral anion centers linked to octahedral cation sites.

Condensation equilibria

Like many oxometalates, orthovanadate is subject to a number of reactions, which have been analyzed by ⁵¹V NMR studies. At high pH, ions exist in equilibrium with . At lower pH's,

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ensues to give various polyoxovanadates. Ultimately,

decavanadate Sodium decavanadate describes any member of the family of inorganic compounds with the formula Na6 10O28H2O)n. These are sodium salts of the orange-colored decavanadate anion 10O28sup>6−. Numerous other decavanadate salts have been isolated and ...

is formed.

Biochemistry

Vanadates exhibit a variety of biological activities, in part because they serve as structural mimics of

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s. It acts as a

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ATPase ATPases (, Adenosine 5'-TriPhosphatase, adenylpyrophosphatase, ATP monophosphatase, triphosphatase, SV40 T-antigen, ATP hydrolase, complex V (mitochondrial electron transport), (Ca2+ + Mg2+)-ATPase, HCO3−-ATPase, adenosine triphosphatase) are ...

s, alkaline and acid phosphatases, and protein-phosphotyrosine phosphatases, and its inhibitory effects can be reversed by dilution or the addition of

ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) is an aminopolycarboxylic acid with the formula H2N(CH2CO2H)2sub>2. This white, water-soluble solid is widely used to bind to iron (Fe2+/Fe3+) and calcium ions (Ca2+), forming water-soluble complexes eve ...

(EDTA). Orthovanadate is activated by boiling and adjusting pH to ~10; this depolymerizes

into the active inhibitor, monovanadate.

Synthesis and structure

Condensation equilibria

Biochemistry

References

See also